About this trial
BACKGROUND: The role of cytoreductive nephrectomy (CN) in the treatment of metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC) has been questioned and remains undetermined in the immuno-oncology era. Results from the two randomized trials, CARMENA and SURTIME, have questioned the role and timing of the surgery in these patients, however, these trials have only used the targeted therapy, sunitinib. With the advent of more effective systemic therapies including immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs), the role of surgical therapy should be reexamined.
RATIONALE: The therapeutic effects of ICIs have demonstrated improved oncological outcomes compared to sunitinib. The updated results reported the beneficial role of upfront and deferred CN approach for selected patients. No studies have formally investigated the role of CN in the immune-oncology era where combinatorial use of CN plus ICIs might be beneficial.
HYPOTHESIS: Upfront or deferred CN will improve oncological outcomes (overall survival, and progression free survival) in patients with synchronous mRCC and ≤3 IMDC risk features compared to immune checkpoint inhibitors (nivolumab plus ipilimumab combination) alone.
This is an open, randomized, multicenter comparison trial, designed to evaluate the effect of the potential role of CN in combination with immunotherapy in mRCC patients with IMDC intermediate and poor risk.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
Core needle biopsy proven metastatic renal cell carcinoma - clear cell histologic subtypes only acceptable.
Synchronous metastatic renal cell carcinoma with the primary tumor present in the kidney.
Patient must be willing to provide their human-derived materials.
Age ≥19.
Disqualifiers
Prior systemic treatment for mRCC
Major surgical procedure, open surgical biopsy, or significant traumatic injury within 28 days prior to enrollment
Other cancer within 5 years.
Clinically significant (i.e active) cardiovascular disease for example cerebrovascular accidents (< 6 months before inclusion), myocardial infarction (< 6 months before inclusion), unstable angina, New York Heart Association (NYHA) grade II or greater congestive heart failure.
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- Cytoreductive nephrectomy±metastasectomy
- Cytoreductive nephrectomy±metastasectomy
- Human-derived materials sampling